Awaiting committee decision
2018/2103(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2017
Lead committee dossier: LIBE/8/13366
Legal Basis RoP 52
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | LIBE | TERRICABRAS Josep-Maria (Verts/ALE) | GUILLAUME Sylvie (S&D), JUREK Marek (ECR), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL) |
Legal Basis RoP 52
Activites
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2018/12/10
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/06/14
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2018/2103(INI)
2018/10/05
LIBE
416 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and its entry into force in the EU on 21 January 2011 in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 d (new) - having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 1 June 2017 on combating antisemitism;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; regrets that in some Member States, discussions around the ratification of the Istanbul Convention have been accompanied by campaigns against perceived gender ideology; points out that campaigns against perceived gender ideology go against principles of universal human rights and are harmful to society at large; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly conclude the EU accession to the Convention and agree on the Code of Conduct
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to ensure effective criminal and judicial follow-up to gender-based violence; calls on Member States to provide the necessary sensitivity and other specialised trainings for police, judicial staff and judges to enable them to adequately deal with the issue of gender-based violence in order to avoid further trauma and re-victimisation during criminal proceedings;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on Member States to ensure their authorities are well-trained to recognise and handle cases of gender- based violence, including new forms of violence; calls on Member States to exchange best practices among each other and to provide regular trainings for police and judicial staff on new forms of violence against women, such as stalking, cyber-harassment or revenge porn;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Urges Member States to provide victims of gender-based violence with an adequate number of shelters and targeted and integrated support services, including trauma support and counselling; urges the Commission and the Member States to support the civil society organisations working with victims of gender-based violence in any way possible, including by regular financial support;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 e (new) - having regard to its resolution on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration; Texts adopted, (2015/2095(INI))
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; calls on Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment which hampers women’s full participation in the labour market; highlights the fact that gender stereotypes must be tackled from an early age, including by focusing on the education of young boys, to effectively address the under-
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; calls on Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against women (VAW) and therefore calls, once again, the Commission to propose a Directive that introduces common definitions and legal standards on criminalizing VAW with dissuasive sanctions for perpetrators, including measures to tackle effectively sexual harassment and violence in public spaces, at workplace, offline and online; calls on Member States to offer victims full support to report cases of violence against women safely and without fear of consequences, and to ensure appropriate training for professionals dealing with the victims; notes that cases of obstetric violence are more and more reported and that this issue should also be addressed by Member States, in full cooperation with adequate partners such as physicians’ and gynaecologists’ unions and organisations, hospitals and universities;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on Member States to effectively promote women’s rights and gender equality, including by running information campaigns to ensure women are aware of their rights; calls on Member States to cooperate effectively with EU institutions on issues of gender equality; calls on Member States to pay special attention to the issue of intersectionality as all women and girls deserve identical rights regardless of their age, race, gender, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality or migration status;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes the discussions and conclusions of the Commission’s 2017 Colloquium on fundamental rights, which focused on women’s rights and the actions carried out throughout the year to support national actors in their fight to prevent and combat violence against women and to raise awareness about the problem; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers and its action plan to combat gender pay gap.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights,
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Gender-based and interpersonal violence being the reality of almost all of us, calls on the Commission to include the priority of safeguarding personal security and the protection of all individuals from interpersonal violence in the European Agenda on Security;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices and to provide regular training for police and judicial staff on all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Condemns any form of sexual violence against women, including female genital mutilation, forced abortion, sterilisation or surrogacy;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for the right to abortion to be considered as a fundamental right at the EU level;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for programmes offering support and opportunities as part of a European integrated plan to invest in early childhood and combat child poverty, including the creation of a Child Guarantee aiming at fully implementing the EC Investing in Children recommendations in order to that will ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty, including refugees, has access to free health care, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Regrets the fact that LGBTI people keep experiencing bullying, harassment and violence, and suffer multiple discrimination indifferent aspects of their lives;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Condemns firmly the promotion and the practice of LGBTI conversion therapies and pathologisation of trans and intersex identities; urges all Member States to adopt similar measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity, gender expression, physical integrity and self-determination;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Regrets that non-consented sex normalising treatments on intersex people, especially children, are only prohibited in two EU countries to this date; calls on all Member States to adopt legislation prohibiting intersex genital mutilations as soon as possible;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls upon the Commission to hold Member States accountable over national legal gender recognition provisions that pose barriers for trans people’s EU citizenship rights and freedoms, such as freedom of movement, equal access to goods and services and the labour market, notably accessing legal gender recognition, such as the obligation to divorce, forced sterilisation, a mental health diagnosis and other degrading requirements;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Reiterates the importance of making accessible, quality healthcare a reality for trans people and calls upon Member States to end gender identity related discrimination in accessing healthcare services and insurance coverage; to this end, calls upon the Commission to study discriminatory practices by insurance providers and support Member States in their efforts develop and implement quality trans- specific healthcare that is based on informed consent and accessible without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, ethnicity, HIV status or economic means; calls upon Member States to ensure HIV prevention, education, testing and treatment measures recognise trans women and trans men respectively as particularly vulnerable target groups;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Is concerned over the continuous experiences of gender-based stigma, violence and discrimination by LGBTI people and the lack of knowledge and interventions by law enforcement authorities particularly towards trans people and marginalised LGBTI people; reminds that combating violence related to the gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or sexual orientation of a person falls in the EU gender-based violence remit; calls upon the Commission to mainstream gender identity perspective in it; calls upon Member States to combat impunity in anti-trans crimes as a threat to the rule of law on the one hand, and develop together with civil society effective measures protecting trans people effectively against stigma, discrimination and violence;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Welcomes the implementation of some actions contained in the list of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI equality (2014-2019); calls on the European Commission to renew an ambitious multi-annual list for the period 2019-2024 in close cooperation with civil society organisations working in this field;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 —
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to work out a national plan to combat any form of violence against children, such as physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, child labour, sexual exploitation, honour killing, FGM and child soldiers; stresses on the importance of including formal provisions to prohibit and sanction corporal punishment against children;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to renew its commitment to set out a new EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child, as well a new strategy for the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the EU Member States and the Commission to explicitly consider children’s rights as a priority when programming and implementing regional and cohesion policies;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination within its different services with the aim of effectively mainstreaming children’s rights in all EU legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Reiterates that cyberbullying and revenge pornography are new forms of crime online and can have extremely serious impact especially among young people and children. Encourages all Member States to set up future-proofed legislation to address this alarming phenomenon including provisions for removal from social media of harmful content for human dignity within well- defined deadlines in line with the European Parliament resolution of 14 December 2017 on the implementation of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1c (new)–Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Stresses that religious freedom and freedom of conscience are fundamental rights of the European Union; notes with concern attempts to undermine these freedoms, such as censorship of religious content or of the broadcasting of religious celebrations in the public media, and punishments for those who refuse to provide services that go against their conscience;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that Article 1
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes Member States to take adequate measures to safeguard and promote a pluralist, independent and free media landscape in the service of democratic society, including the independence and sustainability of the media, which are crucial elements of a favourable environment for freedom of expression;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are the lifeblood of a healthy and functioning democracy and encourages, in this context, the EU and the Member States to take further steps to safeguards and protect freedom of speech and assembly as basic principles of democratic processes; strongly condemns in this regard the increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly, which the authorities have enforced in some cases with violence against protesters; recalls that, according to the Report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the state of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2017, opportunities for peaceful protest are limited where public assemblies are subject to undue restrictions, including in countries with long-standing democratic traditions; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functioning of democratic societies and calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the Midterm review of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies,1a __________________ 1a COM(2017) 458 final
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are the lifeblood of a healthy and functioning democracy and encourages, in this context,
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Is deeply concerned at the increasing instances of mistreatment by police forces, particularly regarding a disproportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrators, violations of press freedom and the small number of investigations in this area; is alarmed at the increase in the use of non-lethal weapons in the surveillance of demonstrations; recalls that demonstrating is a fundamental right and that the foremost task of police forces is to ensure the security and safety of citizens; calls on the Member States not to adopt measures that call into question or even criminalise the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms, such as freedom of expression and freedom to demonstrate, to meet, to associate freely or the right to strike; calls on Member States to put an immediate end to police checks based on racial profiling;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the freedom of the media and media pluralism; strongly condemns moves in certain Member States to concentrate media outlets in the hands of government-friendly businessmen and to misuse public service media as disseminator for the government’s messages only; notes that the role of media is to encourage healthy deliberation and is therefore a pillar of democracy;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that, in the performance of their duty, law enforcement officials must respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons; Stresses that any excessive and unjustified use of force by law enforcement officials must be subject to impartial and exhaustive investigations by the relevant authorities of each Member State.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Reminds the EU institutions that all citizens have a guaranteed right to freedom of speech; calls on the EU institutions to respect this right of EU citizens to freedom of speech in all their decisions, actions and policies, as a means to thoroughly uphold media pluralism and media freedom;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to undertake adequate measures safeguarding and promoting a pluralist, independent and free media; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement legislative frameworks in order to avoid concentration of ownerships in the media sector;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Takes note of the Commission's proposal for a regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online; calls on the Council and the Parliament to work on the text so that enterprises are only obliged to permanently remove terrorist content, like any online content, once a judicial decision has been issued in order to ensure the right to freedom of expression, including artistic expression;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Stresses that the Internet and the social and other media are great communication tools, especially as a source of information for the public, and calls for the Member States to effectively ensure the right to receive and disseminate information in accordance with Article 11 of the Charter, through a balanced approach in regulating online content; considers that they are also technological tools for controlling civil society, threatening vulnerable population groups, particularly children, but also humiliating women, particularly through stalking, harassment and the publication of sexual or naked photos without consent, which are forms of violence falling within the definition of Article 3a and the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. whereas the rapid pace of change in the digital world (including increased use of the internet, apps and social networks) necessitates more effective safeguards for personal data and privacy in order to guarantee confidentiality and protection;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 b (new) - having regard to the Commission’s EU Anti-corruption Report,2a __________________ 2a COM(2014)0038
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Expresses
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in EU Member States; expresses its concern over the precarious working conditions for journalists and the amount of psychological violence they witness, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom; expresses its deep concern about deadly attacks still being committed against journalists in the Member States; urges the law enforcement national authorities to take all the measures to prevent such violence and further cooperate with EUROPOL, to accelerate investigations on the deaths of journalists in the European Union;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in some EU Member States;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in EU Member States; expresses its concern over the precarious working conditions for journalists including non-paid reporters, bloggers or columnists and the amount of psychological violence they witness, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and th
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in EU Member States;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to invest adequate financial resources to integrate media and information literacy into national education systems and more generally in order to empower children and young people with the tools to use the internet responsibly and avoid possible risks;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the fact that whistle- blowing is an essential element in investigative journalism and press freedom
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the fact that whistle- blowing is an essential element in investigative journalism and
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasises the key role of whistle blowers in safeguarding the public interest and in promoting a culture of public accountability and integrity in both public and private institutions;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 c (new) - having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Fighting Corruption in the EU’, 3a __________________ 3a COM(2011)308
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to establish a High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation; expresses its concern about the potential threat th
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the Commission’s
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that in defining policies to counter “fake news” the main criteria should be respect for fundamental human rights, the principle of the rule of law and the hierarchy of norms; emphasises that relevant policy or legislative initiatives must not jeopardise the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, or the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their religious convictions;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Cautions against the risks of empowering private actors to decide what can or cannot be posted online, and recalls the prominent role the judiciary should play in this regard; underlines the importance of education in the use of media, especially, although not exclusively, for children and their parents, and more generally of education to raise awareness of diversity, so as to build a critical spirit in each human being;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Highlights that in the context of policies to counter “fake news”, criteria to display in prominent position information representing different viewpoints should be clear and transparent, and that authenticity of the author and trustworthiness are key;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Stresses that the principles and mechanisms of the rule of law should be strictly complied with by policies to counter “fake news” and that human intervention, in the form of balanced review panels, is necessary in case of recourse to robots/artificial intelligence;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Encourages news media organisations to allow users to clearly establish and identify the original source of news, showcase and promote diversity of expression and allow debate and encourage dialogue between a variety of opinions; and promote the training of users in fact-checking;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Calls on the EU to promote reflections and research on devising “virtuous algorithms” to counter automatic promotion of only like-minded and sensational information;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Expresses concerns about the obstacles to the work of human rights defenders, including civil society organisations active in the field of fundamental rights and democracy, including serious restrictions of freedoms of association and speech for those organisations and citizens, and restrictions of financing; recognises the key role of these organisations in making fundamental rights and values a reality for everyone and stresses that they should be able to carry out their work in a safe and well-supported
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Expresses concerns about the obstacles to the work of human rights defenders, including civil society organisations active in the field of fundamental rights and democracy; recognises the key role of these organisations in making fundamental rights and values a reality for everyone and stresses that they should be able to carry out their work in a safe and well-supported environment; is concerned by the closing down of civil society space; reiterates the need for a dedicated funding, as outlined in the European Parliament’s resolution on establishing European Values Instrument (EVI), to provide support to CSOs engaged in promoting fundamental values in the European Union; calls on the EU and the Member States to address proactively the root causes of shrinking civil society space and to uphold their fundamental rights;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Expresses deep concerns about the
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Expresses concerns about the obstacles to the work of human rights defenders, including civil society
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Welcomes initiatives of Member States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists and other media actors, enabling them to perform their work in full independence and without undue interference – such as the threat of violence, harassment, financial, economic and political pressure, pressure to disclose confidential sources and materials, targeted surveillance, and the opinion of the ‘EU versus disinformation’;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 a (new) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Highlights the importance of ensuring the justifiability of fundamental rights and in particular of the one to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, in order to ensure social inclusion of believers;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Invites the Union and its Member States to fully protect and promote the fundamental right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in all its aspects (individual and collective, private and public, institutional); invites the Member States to enable the freedom to change one’s religion or belief without any coercion; recalls that any limitation to the exercise of freedom of religion should be based on legal criteria and access to judicial review;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Supports an effective protection on the part of the Member States of the right to conscientious objection, both at the individual and institutional level, especially in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, educational and economical fields, as a fundamental right placed at the basis of democracy and the rule of law; invites them to put an end to discrimination, including harassment, towards conscientious objectors;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Deplores the lack of public response to the growing number of acts of aggression and vandalism against Christians and religious sites;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new) 11f. Underlines that EU non- discrimination policies should not only focus on discrimination between one religion and another one, but on cases where a person is targeted because of having a religion, of belonging to a religion, being discriminated because he/she is a believer or because he/she wants to practice his/her religion, including at the workplace;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 b (new)–Paragraph 11 f (new) 11f. Recalls the obligation for the EU institutions and agencies to fully apply with regard to all citizens, whether belonging to majority or minority religious denominations, the right to freedom of religion and the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, especially at the workplace, in public life and in public expression;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new) 11g. Recalls that the principle of non- discrimination entails that discriminating means not only to treat differently similar situations, but also to treat in the same way different situations;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new) 11h. Underlines that under no circumstance can reasonable accommodation on grounds of religion be considered as a substitute for legal instruments like the fundamental human right to freedom of religion or the prohibition of discrimination and that options concerning reasonable accommodation should remain under the competence of the Member States;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new) 11i. Recalls that the history of European integration is based on the fight against cultural isolationism, populism, hate speech, calls for violence and discrimination against minorities; notes that the raison d'être of the European project and the societal gains it has brought about are increasingly being undermined by political factions, including small neo-Nazi groups, which are totally at odds with shared European values;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Racism, xenophobia, discrimination and hate speech and crimes
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Racism, xenophobia and
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the report entitled ‘Antisemitism - Overview of data available in the European Union 2006–2016’ of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA),
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 (new) Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that all EU Member States
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU Member States should address
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU and its Member States should address a
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of migrant and refugee children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricula; to that end, calls on EU Member States to promote inclusive education from an early age in schools;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of children from minorities or migrant and refugee children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricula;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Condemns incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance or by bias against a person’s disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls for a zero tolerance approach to any discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, membership of a national minority, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, residence status or health;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to the Report on minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty (A8-0292/2017),
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses that purposeful dissemination of false information about any category of persons living in the EU, the rule of law or fundamental rights represents an immense threat to the EU’s democratic values and unity;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Council to immediately unblock and conclude negotiations on the Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Is concerned that the increased levels of racial violence, hatred and xenophobia such as Afrophobia, anti- Gypsyism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or other forms of hatred based on intolerance whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, have come to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Condemns the rise of far-right movements in the strongest possible terms, and calls for all Member States to take effective, proportionate action to sanction hate crimes and hate speech; is concerned at the trivialisation of hate speech, which can be attributed to political figures;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Points out that social media and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage the expression of hatred – including far-right and jihadist extremism – in many different ways, and emphasises that the internet must not be a lawless area;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Calls on all the Member States to draw up action plans to combat racism, xenophobia, discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes; calls on the Member States in particular to ensure that children are made aware of these issues as a matter of course via the school curriculum, notably with a view to enabling them to identify the features of hate speech and incitement to violence, especially online;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation and the rights of women in the EU, in particular racial, ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery; points out that the EU and the Member States must set an example in this regard;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Is worried by shameful governance practices, including the participation of parties promoting racist, xenophobic and other discriminatory ideas, policies and practices in coalition governments, seen in some Member States reflect a selective approach to the benefits and responsibilities of EU membership, and whereas the refusal by those Member States to fully uphold EU law, to safeguard the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the predictability of State actions is undermining the credibility of the EU as a legal area;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Takes note of the statements by the Council of Europe which have stated that the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind, such as alternative narrative and fact checking technologies; Supports the Code of Conduct with IT companies and urges the EU and its Member States to work closely with IT companies to prevent illegal content online such as incitement to hatred or terrorist content;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Worried by discrimination of minorities in the field of accommodation; calls on the EU Member States to use their legislative and executive power to promote equal opportunities in accommodation such as access to the rental market, hotels, hostels and other types of accommodation;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas poverty and social exclusion are an infringement of human dignity and the fundamental rights recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas poverty and social exclusion are not just matters of personal responsibility but problems that need to be addressed in common through income policies; whereas Principle 14, Minimum Income, of the European Pillar of Social Rights states that, ‘Everyone lacking sufficient resources has the right to adequate minimum income benefits ensuring a life in dignity at all stages of life, and effective access to enabling goods and services.’
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 g (new) 12g. Calls on European and Member State institutions to clearly condemn and sanction hate speech and scapegoating by politicians and public officials at all levels and in all types of media, as they directly reinforce racism and xenophobia in the society; calls on the President of the European Parliament to condemn and sanction MEPs who use defamatory, racist or xenophobic language or such behaviour in Parliament;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 h (new) 12h. Is deeply concerned by the fact that extremist organisations are on the rise across Europe and that they attack, advocate for, reward and emphasise violence; reminds that the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law provides for a legal base for imposing penalties on legal persons publicly inciting violence or hatred against a minority group (such as exclusion from public benefits, disqualification from commercial activities, placement under judicial supervision or issuance of winding-up order), which Framework Decision the Member States should have implemented by 28 November 2010; urges the Commission – to update its 2014 report on the implementation of the Council Framework Decision, – to initiate infringement proceedings against those Member States that have not complied with the provisions of the Council Framework Decision, – to launch a call for NGOs and watchdog organisations to monitor, and thereby improve, the implementation of the Council Framework Decision, – to prevent political organisations that spread hate speech and violence in public spaces and online in Europe from obtaining EU funds; urges Member States – to safeguard their compliance with the provisions of the Council Framework Decision, – to counter organisations spreading hate speech and violence in public spaces and online by imposing the penalties safeguarded by the Council Framework Decision, – to make sure that political organisations that spread hate speech and violence in public spaces and online in Europe are prevented from obtaining EU funds;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 i (new) 12i. Urges Member States to stop forced evictions and demolitions of the homes of Roma without the provision of adequate alternative housing; calls on Member States to take effective measures to ensure equal treatment of Roma in access to housing, and to make full use of EU funds to improve the housing situation of Roma; calls on the Commission to recognise its competence in the context of racially motivated forced evictions;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically record, collect and publish annually comparable
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically record, collect and publish annually comparable data on ethnic discrimination, or discrimination against any other type of minority, and hate crime in order to enable them and other key stakeholders to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy responses to these phenomena; recalls that any data should be collected in accordance with national legal frameworks and EU data protection legislation;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Urges EU Member States to address the complex phenomenon of radicalisation through a holistic, multidimensional approach going beyond security and law enforcement measures. For this, Member States should establish programmes that promote citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination, in particular in educational settings
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Emphasises the need to encourage victims to report hate crimes or discrimination, and to give them appropriate protection and support;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -Aa. whereas income poverty is only a part of the overall concept of poverty, and therefore poverty does not refer only to material resources, but also to social resources, notably education, health and access to services;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism, as well as more recent phenomena such as anti-white racism and violence against Christians; points out that the Member States should review their national integration strategies to ensure that all people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion gender or any other status are empowered to engage actively in the process of inclusion by promoting their social, economic, political and cultural participation in society; __________________ 4 OJ C 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22. OJ C 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism; points out that the Member States should review their national integration and assimilation strategies to ensure that all people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion gender or any other status are empowered to engage actively in the process of inclusion and assimilation by promoting their social, economic, political and cultural participation in society; __________________ 4 OJ C 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism; points out that the Member
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Condemns incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation, sex characteristics or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls for a zero tolerance approach to any discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, membership of a national minority, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, residence status or health; expresses its concern on the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Regrets that in some Member States the curriculum does not emphasise the importance of tolerance, solidarity, respect for other cultures and religions, and the importance of equality to a sufficient degree. Notes that through education children at a young age could learn what the abovementioned European values are and why they are important; calls on Member States to provide further training to the teachers in this regard; encourages Member States to promote informal educational programs in theatres, cinemas and online campaigns on social media platforms so that children and young adults can learn about these values;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A b (new) -Ab. whereas recent figures on income poverty show that poverty and severe material deprivation are on the rise in Europe; whereas this situation calls for measures promoting national minimum income schemes enabling all those with insufficient income to enjoy decent living conditions, while also improving social and labour market inclusion and guaranteeing equal opportunities in enjoying fundamental rights; whereas in implementing such measures it should be possible to disregard the constraints currently imposed by the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Expresses its concern at the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Condemns Member States’ failure to secure Roma people’s equal access to justice and their equality before the law taking shape among others in over- policing (violations of Roma people´s human rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, severe ill- treatment during detention, etc.) and in the failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed against Roma by police officers as demonstrated by the Moldava and Bodvou case in Slovakia; condemns also Member States practices in prosecuting human rights defenders testifying against the police or other authorities as also demonstrated by the same Slovakian case;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Warns that the antisemitism is still a dangerous phenomenon in many Member States in both open and concealed forms; calls on Member States and EU institutions to monitor, publicise, condemn and penalise any anti-Semitic incidents, and develop effective measures on prevention; urges Member States to strengthen their approach against antisemitism and anti-Semitic hate crime; calls on the Commission and the Member States, including regional authorities to protect with all available tools freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue through effective policy making, enhancing anti- discrimination policies where needed;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Calls for the adoption of the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive which is still pending for approval by the Council; considers it a condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU law framework against discrimination, also protecting from discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation outside of employment;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Expresses concern that during 2017 no major improvement happened in terms of achieving the goals of the National Roma Integration Strategies; points out that resources from the ESIF are not connected to the National Roma Integration Strategies and often do not benefit Roma people; condemns the instances of discrimination, segregation, hate speech, hate motivated crimes and social exclusion experienced by Roma people; condemns the continuous discrimination of Roma people in access to housing, health care, education and labour market; regrets that in the application of the Racial Equality Directive there are still shortcomings, including in the area of awareness of rights and access to justice; warns that Roma children and women are especially vulnerable;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Stresses the imperative need for all persons to be included on equal terms in European society; stresses that inclusion of this kind will be the best way to tackle exclusion and discrimination which can create a fertile ground for individuals in vulnerable situations to join extremist organisations that can be violent; considers a consistent application of equality and participation as a crucial element of strategies to combat racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Calls on Member States to review their National Roma Integration Strategies, and to ensure the active participation and ownership of Roma people of the Strategies; calls on Member States to put in place specific measures to fight ethnic discrimination against Roma in line with the Racial Equality Directive provisions and the European Convention on Human Rights, and to combat anti- Gypsyism in line with the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia; calls for the FRA to continue its data collection on the situation of Roma and develop and propose a "dashboard" of Roma inclusion indicators that would make possible tracking progress in that area; calls for the development of the European Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies into a fully-fledged European Strategy;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Calls on the European Commission to lead by example in promoting the rights of minorities by amending its own diversity and inclusion strategy to include specific measures on race, ethnicity and religion/belief on the diversification of the EU workplace;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 f (new) 14f. Calls on Member States to tackle anti-Gypsyism; notes that anti-Gypsyism goes beyond the legal notion of discrimination; recalls that it can be addressed as a separate thematic area with specific measures, such as awareness-raising, informing about the mutual benefits of Roma inclusion and inter-ethnic community-building; notes that fighting anti-Gypsyism should include measures to prevent and counter bias-motivated hate crime and hate speech targeting Roma; reminds that fighting anti-Gypsyism and stereotypes by targeting majority society is a pre- condition for generating political will and for the success of any Roma inclusion intervention; 5a __________________ 5a Midterm review of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies(2017)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A c (new) -Ac. whereas on 5 October 2015 the Council adopted conclusions on the adequacy of pensions, considering it essential that public pension schemes and other social protection schemes contain appropriate safeguards for people whose employment opportunities do or did not allow them to build up sufficient pension entitlements, and that such safeguards should notably include minimum pensions or other minimum income provisions for older people;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 g (new) 14g. Encourages reporting under international human rights mechanisms to more systematically complement the monitoring of discrimination and anti- Gypsyism under the EU framework, through closer cooperation with organisations such as the Council of Europe, the United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe; encourages further work by the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on integrating rights-based indicators under the reporting framework and more in- depth analysis of the fight against discrimination and anti-Gypsyism in each area of the framework; 6a __________________ 6a Midterm review of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies(2017)
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 h (new) 14h. Encourages an integrated lifecycle approach in policy interventions targeting Roma youth, women and children, and improving their participation in all stages of the policy process and decisions affecting them; reminds of the role of direct EU funding, including under the rights, equality and citizenship programme; encourages its use to support local civil society empowerment and capacity-building, improving access to funds, quality of implementation and independent monitoring;7a __________________ 7a Midterm review of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies(2017)
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of discrimination and hatred and encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls on the Member States to update their criminal codes accordingly to the Council Directive 2000/78/EC Establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation and the Council Directive 2000/43/EC which implement the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, homosexuality and disabilities should be found in every catalogue of features protected against discrimination;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of discrimination and hatred and encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; condemns firmly the promotion and the practice of LGBTI conversion therapies and pathologisation of trans and intersex identities; urges all Member States to adopt similar measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity, gender expression, physical integrity and self-determination;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of discrimination and hatred and encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia, in particular on the basis of the ‘List of actions to advance LGBTI equality’ published by the European Commission;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of discrimination
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Condemns firmly the promotion and the practice of LGBTI conversion therapies and pathologisation of trans identities; urges all Member States to criminalise LGBTI conversion therapies and to adopt measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity and gender expression; denounces the fact that several Member States keep imposing requirements on transgender people such as medical intervention in order to have the changed gender recognised and forced sterilisation as a condition for legal gender recognition; notes that such requirements are clearly human rights violations; calls on the Commission to provide guidance to Member States on the best models for legal gender recognition in Europe; calls on Member States to recognise change of gender and to provide access to quick, accessible and transparent legal gender recognition procedures without medical requirements such as surgery or sterilisation or psychiatric consent;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Is concerned over the lack of knowledge and interventions by law enforcement authorities particularly towards trans people and marginalised LGBTI people; reminds that combating violence related to the gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or sexual orientation of a person falls in the EU gender-based violence remit; calls upon the Commission to mainstream gender identity perspective in it; calls upon Member States to combat impunity in anti-trans crimes as a threat to the rule of law on the one hand, and develop together with civil society effective measures protecting trans people effectively against stigma, discrimination and violence;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, shows that violence against women needs to be tackled in all EU Member States, including those which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), given the extent of the problem, the severe consequences of violence and the impact it has on women’s lives as well as on society as a whole; whereas the UNSCR 1325 stresses the importance of women’s equal representation, participation and involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Emphasises the need to combat discrimination against religious minorities of whatever kind; is concerned at the rise of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; calls for action to be taken to combat these backwards steps and tackle discrimination in all areas, including housing, employment and access to public services; emphasises that hate speech and hate crimes must be addressed in order to combat the growing number and radicalisation of racists and xenophobes, and points out that racism and xenophobia are crimes, not opinions;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Welcomes the efforts of the EU’s high-level group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, in particular as regards access to justice and protecting the victims of hate crime, as well as in the areas of the registration of hate crimes by law enforcement services and the provision of training for law enforcement services and judicial authorities; calls on the Member States and other stakeholders to take full account of the principles referred to in the high-level group’s conclusions;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Strongly condemns hate speech, threats and hate crime, and calls on Member States to properly investigate and prosecute the perpetrators, including the perpetrators of crimes against refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants; calls on the Member States to properly document and collect data on hate speech, hate crimes and xenophobic attacks committed specifically against refugees, asylum- seekers and migrants;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity; calls on the European Commission to systematically monitor the correct transposition of the legislation on LGBTIQ rights
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the 112 emergency hotline is fully accessible for disabled persons and that awareness of it is raised through campaigns;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Recalls that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is a legally binding international treaty, signed and ratified by the EU, currently implemented with the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, to ensure equal opportunities, regarding: accessibility, participation, equality, employment, education and training, social protection, health, and EU external action; underlines that, in its implementation report of the European Disability Strategy in February 2017, the Commission noted that although progress was made, particularly with the European Accessibility Act proposed in 2015, persons with disabilities are still disadvantaged and discriminated regarding employment, education and social inclusion; in that regard, stresses that the objectives of the Strategy remain, that accurate actions should be taken between 2017 and 2020 and that the European Parliament Resolution of 30 November 2017 recommended: compulsory requirements regarding accessibility in public space, minimum percentage for employment of persons with disabilities, guarantees for an inclusive education, including access to initiatives such as Erasmus +, and a particular attention for women and children with disabilities;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Encourages the EU and Members States to ensure they deliver on the commitments included in the European Pillar of Social Rights to protect children from poverty, provide access to affordable early childhood education and care of good quality without discrimination. They should also ensure the right of girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities. The implementation of the Pillar requires concrete legislative proposals, action plans, budgetary allocation and monitoring systems in all areas that affect children and their families, such as employment, gender equality, and access to health services, education and affordable housing
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Calls on EU Member States to fight against severe housing deprivation as a political priority and ensure that families with children, especially those living at risk of poverty, have priority access to social housing or are provided with adequate housing assistance. Relevant authorities should address homelessness and implement measures that include the prevention or delay of evictions of families with children, especially during winter. While doing so, Member States should make use of the various housing funding programmes that the EU offers.
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Regrets multiple and intersectional discriminations faced by elderly people in an ageing European society; calls on all level of governments to better integrate this dimension when drafting and implementing policies, including in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, shows that violence against women needs to be tackled in all EU Member States, including those which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), given the extent of the problem, the severe consequences of violence and the impact it has on women’s lives as well as on society as a whole; whereas women with disabilities are more likely to suffer domestic violence and sexual assault than women without disabilities;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Insists that the UK Withdrawal Agreement and any Future Relationship Agreement between the EU27 and the UK must comply with fundamental human rights obligations, specifically in relation to those EU nationals’ resident in the UK who may no longer have these rights protected by the CJEU; Calls for the fundamental rights of EU citizens who moved within the union under freedom of movement to have these rights upheld after Brexit; calls for guarantees to be included in any Future Relationship Agreement; demands legal protection ensuring these rights cannot be removed in the future;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Calls on Member States to promote the right of all children to protection and care. The EU and its Member States should develop credible and effective non- custodial alternatives that would make it unnecessary to detain children during asylum procedures or for return purposes, regardless of whether they are in the EU alone or with their families.
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Affirms that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are essential to ensure the effective functioning of the rule of law in any society; recalls that this concept is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established before the law; these fundamental values were the inspiration for the introductory articles of the European Treaties, which every Member State has willingly endorsed and committed themselves to respecting;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Affirms that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are essential to ensure the effective functioning of the rule of law in any society; recalls that this concept is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Article 47 of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, in the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established before the law;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Affirms that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are essential to ensure the effective functioning of the rule of law in any society; recalls that this concept is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established before the
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Affirms that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are essential to ensure the effective functioning of the rule of law in any society; recalls that this concept is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular in the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established before the law;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes that the joint committee established under the peace accord to consider human rights issues on the island of Ireland, made up of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, has insisted that the Withdrawal Agreement provides for the continuing North-South equivalence of rights, post-Brexit, as established under the 1998 Agreement; Notes that the joint committee has also called on the EU to seek a legal commitment to retain the Charter of Fundamental Rights in Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU; Calls therefore, on the European Parliament and the Irish Government to consider the 1.8million possible European citizens in the north of Ireland whose rights will no longer be guaranteed by the Charter as a result of Brexit;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Reiterates that corruption is a serious threat to democracy, the rule of law and fair treatment for all citizens; stresses that, by diverting public funds from their intended public use, corruption detracts from the level and quality of public services and hence undermines our fundamental rights; calls on the Member States and European institutions to devise effective ways of combating corruption, regularly monitoring the use made of public funds;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. recalls that the principle of the rule of law is deemed to be complied with where legislation is subject to the opinion of the Constitutional Court and when there is a separation of powers.
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Urges the European Commission to adopt an anti-corruption strategy backed up by effective instruments; regrets the Commission’s decision not to publish the second biannual report on corruption in the EU; calls on all Member States and the European Union to develop concrete strategies to promote transparency, empower citizens and fight corruption;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary, to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and that they play an important role in preventing any erosion of the rule of law, which is not a
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at EU level and national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary to step up efforts to uphold
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and that they play an important role in preventing any erosion of the rule of law, which is not a blind application of law but our democratic acceptance of being ruled by
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at European and national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary, to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and that they play an important role in preventing any erosion of the rule of law, which is not a blind application of law but our democratic acceptance of being ruled by law;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Asserts that neither national sovereignty nor subsidiarity can justify the systematic refusal from a Member State to comply with the fundamental values of the European Union and the European Treaties, which every Member State has willingly endorsed and committed to respect when entering the EU; recalls that having accessed to the EU by complying with the Copenhagen Criteria does not allow any Member State to then breach EU fundamental values and the Treaties; Whereas some governance practices, including the participation of parties promoting racist, xenophobic and other discriminatory ideas, policies and practices in coalition governments, seen in some Member States reflect a selective approach to the benefits and responsibilities of EU membership, and whereas the refusal by those Member States to fully uphold EU law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the predictability of State actions is undermining the credibility of the EU as a legal area;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Expresses concern that, despite the fact the fact that most Member States have adopted legislation to ensure judicial independence and impartiality, in compliance with Council of Europe standards, problems remain in the way these standards are applied, leaving national judiciaries open to political influence and fuelling public perceptions of interference in the judicial process and bias among individual judges.
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should be employed if all other remedies have failed and where there is incontestable evidence of non- compliance with the principle of the rule of law;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 17(1) of the TEU, the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties under Article 17 of the TEU, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should be employed if all other remedies have failed;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Notes the Commission's and the Council's efforts to ensure that all Member States fully uphold the rule of law, but also the limited impact of the procedures regarding the art. 7(1) TEU; considers that all legal steps, taken thus far, in the scope of art. 7(1), are insufficient and has not brought any tangible results on the general situation of the rule of law in the Union; calls on the Council to start, without further delay, the necessary proceedings to determine whether there is an existence of a clear risk of a serious breach of the values on which the Union is founded in the Member States concerned;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Emphasises that the Council and Parliament also have a key role to play in safeguarding the rule of law and the other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; welcomes the efforts made by certain Member States to see to it that, within the Council, a regular assessment is made of the situation with regard to the rule of law in each Member State; takes the view that such an assessment would make it possible to strengthen dialogue and mutual trust among Member States when it comes to the rule of law; calls on the Council to take swift action with a view to achieving this aim;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Is shocked by the Commission’s total failure to respond to media reports regarding allegations of abuse of power made against the former French President and to the persistent reports concerning corruption and major irregularities in his appointment to the highest position in the country;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas human dignity is the primary foundation of all fundamental rights and shall not be subject to instrumentalisation; whereas human dignity must be protected and promoted in all EU initiatives;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Emphasises that, in certain Member States, there are serious and persistent breaches of the values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU, and takes the view that the EU’s ineffectiveness in putting an end to these situations is undermining both the trust among the Member States and the credibility of the EU, not only in the eyes of the public but also in the rest of the international community; emphasises, furthermore, that the persistent failure to address these breaches has encouraged other Member States to follow the same path;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Emphasises that the unanimity rule makes it impossible to impose sanctions under Article 7 of the TEU, because several Member States are concerned; takes the view that the EU should be able to impose sanctions on Member States that no longer uphold the values enshrined in Article 2, without necessarily having to resort to using Article 7; stresses, however, that such sanctions should not replace the triggering of Article 7; takes note of the proposal for a regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States; takes the view that any decision taken pursuant to that regulation should be based, inter alia, on a regular and impartial assessment of the situation with regard to the rule of law in each Member State;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18d. Takes note of the proposal for a regulation establishing the ‘Rights and Values’ programme for the next multiannual financial framework; takes the view that the funding made available under that programme should be used to provide increased support for civil society organisations that promote European values such as respect for the rule of law, especially in Member States in which a generalised deficiency with regard to the rule of law has been identified;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls the need for an impartial, regular assessment of the situation with regard to the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights in all the Member States; stresses that such an assessment must be based on objective criteria; recalls, in this regard, Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5, adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; underlines that the EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights as proposed by the European Parliament should incorporate the existing monitoring mechanisms, which will result in improved cohesion, just application of the tools to all Member States, improved effectiveness and annual costs savings; __________________ 5 OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Recalls that, in accordance with article 1 in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), all peoples within the European Union have the right to self- determination, by which they can freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas this year we are marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and non-hierarchical;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Underlines that EU institutions should lead by example in terms of respect for the principle of the rule of law, by complying with it in all policies and internal practices;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls on the European Parliament to send ad-hoc delegations to Member States when there is clear evidence of serious breaches of Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Shares the view that any rule of law assessment should be based on solid, objective and comparable data and analysis;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Points out that improving the quality, independence and efficiency of national justice systems, in particular judges, prosecutors and lawyers, remains a key priority of the European Union;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Points out that improving the quality, independence and efficiency of national justice systems,
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses that corruption not only constitutes a significant systemic obstacle to the realisation of democracy and the respect for the rule of law, but it may also cause many fundamental rights violations; expresses its concerns about new legislative initiatives put forward in certain European countries that might reverse reforms previously undertaken to strengthen the prevention of corruption; Calls in this regard on all Member States and the EU institutions to firmly fight systemic corruption and to devise effective instruments for preventing, combating and sanctioning corruption;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Emphasises that democracy and the rule of law are based on respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and that any steps taken to counter terrorism or organised crime must not undermine fundamental rights in the EU; expresses concern at the developments in this area in the context of cross-border cooperation and the constant creation of new digital databases containing personal data;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Recalls the intrinsic link that exists between the rule of law and fundamental rights; notes the strong mobilisation of EU citizens through which they show their strong commitment to fundamental rights and European values; recalls, in this context, the need to make all Europeans more aware of the EU’s common values and the Charter;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Urges the Commission to continue publishing its anti-corruption reports; regrets that the report should be published every three years since 2011 but haven’t been published since 2014; underlines that having anti-corruption fact sheets as part of the European Semester is not efficient enough to set corruption clearly on the agenda;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses that corruption is a serious threat to democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights; reiterates that corruption poses a threat to good governance and the economic development; calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to fight corruption and to devise effective instruments for combating fraud;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the European Commission to abolish the use of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) applied only to two Member States, as it is a discriminatory tool that is often abusively used for political purposes rather than acting as a European mechanism to safeguard and promote the rule of law;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) Autochthonous national and linguistic minorities
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Believes that the EU has a responsibility to protect and promote the rights of autochthonous national and linguistic minorities; Calls on the Commission to draw up a comprehensive common EU minority protection legal framework with its own high standards and with a robust monitoring mechanism by incorporating existing international law instruments and following proven best practices in the EU; calls on the Commission to draw up a roadmap towards establishing this system;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Is concerned to note that public authorities are more frequently resorting to administrative measures that are incompatible with the principles underpinning the rule of law, and that the policies pursued in this area are being used to address a growing number of crimes and offences, especially in the context of measures taken under the state of emergency, giving rise in particular to an increase in the number of summary proceedings and minimum sentences that must be served in full; deplores the fact that these purely repressive policies are being applied to a growing number of citizens, and not only to those under suspicion or investigation for involvement in wrongdoing, which is to disregard the presumption of innocence, and is concerned, furthermore, at the lack, or even total absence, of independent monitoring mechanisms at national and European level;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls, to that end, on the Member States and the EU institutions to facilitate the rapid establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, thus providing appropriate guarantees of the anti- corruption strategy; Calls, therefore, on the remaining Member States to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Reiterates the Commission’s statement in its communication entitled ‘Fighting Corruption in the EU’ that it would seek approval to participate in GRECO, the anti-corruption network set up by the Council of Europe;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Calls on the Member States and the European institutions, when adopting and applying anti-terrorism measures, to uphold fundamental rights, which are not obstacles, but rather preconditions for the establishment of an effective framework for combating terrorism; calls on the Member States to ensure that any emergency legislation is consistent with the principles of purpose, proportionality and necessity, and that measures taken in this context are subject to clear time limits and regular democratic scrutiny; stresses the need for the EU’s security and information agencies to uphold fundamental rights;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Welcomes the developments of European consumer rights, with regards to Article 47 of the Charter and Article 6 and 13 of the EHCR, that allows citizens to file joint claims when providers are breaching consumer laws;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls in the EU experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, gender- based violence and misogynistic hate speech – which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society; whereas in 2017, the #MeToo movement raised awareness of the scale and intensity of the sexual harassment and sexual and gender- based violence women face; whereas the #MeToo movement resulted in some positive momentum for gender equality, but cases of sexual harassment and sexual and gender-based violence is still prevalent;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Highlights the importance of the freedom of movement and residence of European citizens and their families, as one of the most important fundamental values for our citizens;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration,
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children; notes with concern that fast-track procedures, safe-country-lists, but also deportation to other unsafe Member States in Dublin procedures put LGBTI asylum seekers at a heightened risk to be deported before being able to substantiate their claim for asylum to foreign or other Member States, where they fear prosecution on grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children; notes with concern that fast-track procedures, safe-country-lists, but also deportation to other unsafe Member States in Dublin procedures put LGBTI asylum seekers at a heightened risk to be deported before being able to substantiate their claim for asylum to foreign or other Member States, where they fear prosecution on grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concerns about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls in the EU experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, gender- based violence and misogynistic hate speech – which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society; whereas in 2017, the #MeToo movement raised awareness of the scale and intensity of the sexual harassment and sexual and gender- based violence women face; whereas in recent years reports have pointed out a growing backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in the EU;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Calls on Member States to demand their authorities to examine whether their legitimate objectives could be achieved by less coercive measures than detention and to fully justify with facts and legal reasoning when detention is chosen in the case of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Criticises the growing dichotomy that a number of politicians are creating between ‘good refugees’ and ‘bad economic migrants’ which is not based on any statistics and misconstrues the reality of regular migratory movement to the European Union;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Recalls, that all the Member States are signatories to Geneva Conventions, and are therefore obliged to ensure that all Its provisions are respected, regardless of the circumstances.
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Highlights the double discrimination faced by migrant women, as both migrants and women, and the specific circumstances which they may face during their migratory journey, including in detention and reception centres, particularly attacks on their safety, their physical integrity and their privacy, harassment, and their need to access feminine hygiene products and reproductive healthcare; calls for the establishment and strengthening of systems to protect women with a view to preventing and combatting the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation to which they are subjected, in line with the commitments set out in the Valletta Action Plan;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls in the EU experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, gender- based violence and misogynistic hate
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee that the interoperability of large-scale IT systems does not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee that the interoperability of large-scale IT systems does not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Stresses that, statistically, an infinitesimal number of terrorists are found to have been part of a migration movement; the vast majority of terrorists come from or are regular migrants in the European Union and it is therefore essential that irregular immigration and terrorism are not confused and to ensure that anti-terror measures are not misused, becoming tools to repress certain migratory movements;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Strongly denounces that some Member States do not comply with EU asylum and return legislation and violate migrants and asylum seekers’ rights, such as failing to provide effective access to asylum procedures, failing to give clear information on legal remedies following a return decision, depriving migrants and asylum seekers of food or using automatic and systematic detention;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Calls on Member States to effectively ensure the right to asylum and to accept relocation of asylum seekers, as agreed in the Council’s decisions in September 2015; calls on the Council to swiftly move on with the Dublin Regulation reform, that it currently blocks, and that prevents the European Common Asylum System from working properly; Stresses that Commission should initiate and Member States should implement a combination of protection- related schemes, such as resettlement and humanitarian admission, and regular mobility schemes to promote legal pathways to the EU for persons in need of protection; recalls that any action undertaken by a Member State, when acting within the scope of EU law, must respect the rights and principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; also calls on Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement and introduce adequate procedural safeguards to their asylum and border procedures, including safeguards against collective expulsion;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Calls again for the EU and its Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families of 18 December 1990;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purposes;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls in the EU experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, sexual harassment, gender-
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purposes; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purposes; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right to education to every child, including migrant and refugee children, both unaccompanied and accompanied and avoiding separated schooling and segregation; stresses that Member States should ensure that migrant and refugee children are effectively supported through linguistic, social and psychological support based on individual assessment of their
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purposes; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right to education to every child, including migrant and refugee children, both unaccompanied and accompanied and avoiding separated schooling and segregation; stresses that Member States should ensure that migrant and refugee children are effectively supported through linguistic, social and psychological support based on individual assessment of their needs; is concerned over the specific needs and vulnerabilities of asylum seekers from marginalised groups, such as LGBTI asylum seekers; calls upon Member States to ensure that the specific needs for safety, healthcare, legal recognition of trans asylum seekers are met;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Acknowledges, that while there may be indications that an asylum procedure is lengthy, determining the appropriate time of such a procedure seems almost impossible. The right to good administration and to a fair hearing within a reasonable time is infringed by asylum procedures leaving an asylum seeker in a state of prolonged uncertainty and limbo. On the other hand, extremely truncated procedures may violate the individual’s right of access to asylum and to an effective remedy; Calls therefore on Member States to accelerate the procedures, while keeping all the necessary security safeguards, in order not to detain migrants more than it is necessary, since it has a negative impact on their following integration process;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Is concerned over the specific needs and vulnerabilities of asylum seekers from marginalised groups, such as LGBTI, and of women asylum seekers; calls upon Member States to ensure that the specific needs for safety and healthcare of both groups, and legal recognition of trans asylum seekers, are met;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Welcomes the establishment of a European Network on Guardianship following the Commission communication on the protection of children in migration and the subsequent Council conclusions. The network will facilitate cooperation between relevant national authorities and exchange of good practice on guardianship.
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls in the EU may experience structural gender inequality in a variety of forms and in a range of settings – including gender discrimination, gender-
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that Member States should consider putting into place a combination of protection-related schemes, such as resettlement and humanitarian admission, and regular mobility schemes to promote legal pathways to the EU for persons in need of protection; recalls that any action undertaken by a Member State, when acting within the scope of EU law, must respect the rights and principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on EU Member States to effectively ensure the right to asylum
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that Member States should consider putting into place a combination of protection-related schemes
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that Member States should
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Points out that solidarity must be the principle upon which Union action on migration is based; notes that Member States did not meet their commitments under the EU relocation scheme which was launched in 2015 by the European Commission and came to an end on 26 September 2017; encourages Member States to uphold the right to asylum effectively and to show more solidarity with the Member States with the highest number of arrivals of persons in need of international protection, in particular by continuing with the relocation mechanism; points out that resettlement is a protection tool that does not replace the right to seek asylum in the European Union; encourages Member States to continue their intra-EU resettlement efforts;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Underlines that Member States take responsibility for making it even more difficult for migrants to arrive in the EU, for any life losses in the Mediterranean Sea, and for externalising EU migration policies; notes that the HCR reported common serious human rights violations and abuses in third countries that the EU cooperates with, such as Libya;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25b. Notes that, according to the annual report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, in 2017, reports of abuse increased significantly, particularly on the western Balkans route, including violence by the police or border guards; calls on Member States, in line with the opinion of the Agency, to step up preventive measures to reduce the risk of abusive behaviour at borders by police or border guards;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 c (new) 25c. Deplores the fact that some of these people have even been returned to the border or deported to places where their lives were at risk, in breach of international law and in particular the right to asylum; calls on Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement for migrants, particularly where refoulement would be to countries where their lives or freedom would be under threat, and to introduce the requisite procedural safeguards to their asylum and border procedures, including safeguards against collective expulsion;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 d (new) 25d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries, particularly for development and cooperation on migration, and to ensure that such funds are not diverted from their original purposes to either directly or indirectly benefit security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; condemns the creation and use of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa, which is largely financed out of the European Development Fund (EDF), and the extension of the Rabat Process to the countries of the Horn of Africa whose governments have been condemned by the ICC or the UN under the Khartoum Process; calls for the assessment and monitoring of these mechanisms and this fund and any similar agreements; also calls on the EU and its Member States not to count in their public development aid any monies spent on receiving refugees or migrants or on controlling or returning migrants; condemns, in particular, the conditions placed on aid to certain countries via readmission agreements and the increase in negotiations to that end; calls for the suspension of all readmission agreements and associated negotiations with countries that do not uphold human rights; rejects any attempts to outsource the EU’s migration policy; rejects any agreement that does not ensure that refugees are protected or that the fundamental rights of migrants are upheld; condemns the EU’s and certain Member States’ agreements with Libya, which is controlled only by armed militias that allow the refoulement of migrants who are arrested at sea to countries where their rights are systematically violated;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Recalls that sea rescue is a legal obligation under international law, specifically Article 98 of the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (ratified by the Union and all its Member States), which makes it obligatory for assistance to be given to any person in distress at sea; strongly stresses that saving lives at sea must be a top priority and calls for the EU and its Member States to allocate enough funds to search and rescue operations in the context of a Europe- wide humanitarian operation; recognises, in that context, the work carried out by different NGOs operating in the Mediterranean in their effort to save lives and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need; is concerned about the practices by some Member States which are seeking to criminalise the provision of assistance to migrants and criticises, in that context, the assaults on the NGOs that provide relief to migrants, have been subjected to campaigns seeking to discredit them and are increasingly seeing their work challenged; calls on Member States to transpose the humanitarian assistance exemption provided for in the Facilitation Directive with the objective of reducing the unintended consequences of the Facilitators’ Package for citizens providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and on the social cohesion of the receiving society;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Recalls the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 5 July 2018 on guidelines for Member States to prevent humanitarian assistance from being criminalised;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas there are many examples of the backlash on women’s rights in Europe and, in particular, worrying attempts to restrict or ban the right for women to control their bodies and choose their lives; whereas women in the Union are not equal before the right to abortion due to differing policies and legislation across Member States;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Whereas the collusion between some NGOs and smuggler networks have been documented, encouraging illegal migration toward Member States;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Stresses the urgent need to restore internal border controls;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Is of the opinion that also NGO's should completely obey the law;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Acknowledges that before envisaging any kind of migrant integration
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27.
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee, if large-scale IT systems are to be made interoperable, that it should not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children and assisting family reunification;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the press and civil society organisations play a fundamental role in a democracy;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Points out that one sole reception policy is not enough and the challenge facing the European Union is to establish an effective integration policy based on the sharing between Member States of good practices. Encourages, in that context, the development of European Integration Networks and the European Website on Integration.
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on Member States to pay special attention to the education of refugee children to ensure their smooth transition;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Points out that renaming 'illegal migrants' as 'irregular migrants' does not make the act of crossing borders legal;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Information society, data and data protection
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Believes that the data protection authorities should ensure that all data controllers pay specific attention to children and older EU citizens to guarantee equal awareness of data protection and privacy rights, and to reduce the vulnerability caused by digital illiteracy
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa to address the root causes of irregular migration and to improve living standards in some affected African regions; urges the Commission and the Member States to expand the programme both territorially and financially;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Is of the opinion that family reunification is a threat to order, security, culture preservation and national identity, without complete acceptance of the norms and values of the host country;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Calls on Member States to demand their authorities to provide help and medical treatment to asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants who suffered sexual or gender-based violence or harassment; stresses the need to tackle such crimes during the time their application is being processed;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas freedom of speech and freedom of expression are the cornerstones of our societies and should remain protected at all cost;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Welcomes the operational work of the Agency in different areas for example at the migration hotspots in Greece and Italy, awareness rising activities and training in the area of human rights; calls that the overall statutory mission of the Agency also includes the operational task to provide technical assistance, training and capacity-building on fundamental rights issues to EU institutions, bodies and agencies, as well as to Member States when they are implementing EU law.
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Notes the opinions of the Fundamental Rights Agency and strongly urges the Member States to take account of and implement the Agency’s recommendations with a view to ensuring that fundamental rights are strictly upheld within the European Union;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Is of the opinion that the EU institutions should provide for enhanced forms of consultation, impact assessments and legal scrutiny, including by requesting advice from appropriate independent expert bodies, such as FRA, whenever a legislative file potentially promotes or negatively affects fundamental rights; considers in this regard that more regular consultation of FRA could be provided for in a revised version of the inter-institutional agreement on better law-making.
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Recommends that EU legislators requests independent and external human rights advice from the FRA whenever a legislative file raises serious fundamental rights concerns; calls for the Commission to ensure that the FRA has the requisite mechanisms to enable it to fulfil its mandate;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas in democratic societies, freedom of assembly is one of the instruments by which people can participate in the public debate and bring about social change; whereas media freedom, pluralism and independence are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and are vital to the democratic functioning of the EU and its Member States; whereas journalists and other media actors in the EU face multiple attacks, threats and pressures from state and non-state actors; whereas journalists Daphne Caruana Galizia and Ján Kuciak and partner have been assassinated in Malta and Slovakia because of their investigative work exposing corruption, and the perpetrators and the instigators have not yet been identified and brought to justice;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas in democratic societies, freedom of assembly is one of the instruments by which people can participate in the public debate
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of racial or gender-based hatred and violence and xenophobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, fake news, anonymous messages spread on social networks and other internet platforms, protests or political propaganda, are starting to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas only 27% of Europeans are familiar with the single European emergency telephone number 112, and not everyone has access to it yet;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D.
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas Article 21 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, languages or membership of a national minority shall be prohibited; whereas migrants, descendants of migrants and members of minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas Article 21 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, disability, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, languages or membership of a national minority shall be prohibited; whereas migrants, descendants of migrants and members of minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life; whereas, in spite of numerous calls on the Commission, only limited steps have been taken to ensure the effective protection of minorities; whereas persistent racist and xenophobic attitudes are embraced by opinion leaders and politicians across the EU, fostering a social climate that provides fertile ground for racism, discrimination and hate crimes;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. Recognises that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union will no longer apply to Britain post-Brexit; notes that the Charter acts as a “ceiling” for rights whereas the ECHR acts as a “floor” to the situation of rights in the European Union; notes that there will be 1.8million possible European citizens in the north of Ireland whose rights will no longer be guaranteed by the Charter as a result of Brexit;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas freedom of thought, conscience and religion is guaranteed by Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and should be given special protection in the context of a concern for the values of the European Union;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the FRA study on “Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union” states that victims of severe labour exploitation who are in an irregular situation of residence are discouraged by their status from reporting to any public authority;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression and information, which includes the right of freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the FRA study “Making hate crime visible in the European Union: acknowledging victims’ rights” states that an immigrant status enhances the risk of being criminally victimised, independent of other known risk factors;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas the FRA survey “Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey” states that only one out of eight respondents reported or filed a complaint about the most recent incident of discrimination they experienced because of their ethnic or immigrant background;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the occasion of International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during World War II 14, Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0095;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas respect for the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights, and whereas Member States
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas in its international migration report the United Nations recorded some 258 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2017; whereas, moreover, 3.4% of the world’s population are international migrants, which represents a slight increase on the 2.8% recorded in 2000, in particular in view of the increase in international travel (over 1.3 billion journeys); whereas more than 60% of international migrants live in Asia (80 million) and Europe (78 million), followed by North America, (58 million), then Africa (25 million), Latin America and the Caribbean (10 million) and Oceania (8 million)[1]; [1]http://www.un.org/en/development/des a/population/migration/publications/migr ationreport/docs/MigrationReport2017_H ighlights.pdf
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas corruption constitutes a serious threat to rule of law in the EU, as citizens are burdened and discriminated against in regard to equal enjoyment of their civic, political, economic, social and cultural fundamental rights; whereas corruption distorts the size and composition of public expenditure, seriously jeopardising the state’s capacity to make maximum use of the resources at its disposal in order to enable its citizens to enjoy to the full their rights;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas in its resolutions and reports Parliament has repeatedly urged the Member States to implement the appropriate policies to ensure that people with disabilities, the elderly and the most vulnerable in society may fully enjoy their social, political and economic rights.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas there is a strong link between minority rights and the principle of the rule of law; whereas Article 2 of the TEU expressly mentions the rights of persons belonging to minorities and whereas these rights deserve to be accorded the same treatment as the other rights enshrined in the Treaties;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas all Member States have undertaken to respect and promote the founding values of the Union enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; whereas monitoring the situation in each Member State cannot constitute an infringement of their sovereignty;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that at the end of 2017 some 68.5 million people were displaced, of which 16.2 million had been newly displaced in 2017 alone: 11.8 million displaced within their own country and 4.4 million refugees and asylum seekers; whereas the UNHCR reports an increase of 2.9 million refugees who have fled their countries to escape conflict and persecution compared with 2016, the highest rise ever recorded by UNHCR for a single year, but the bulk of refugee movements are between neighbouring countries and between developing countries;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas despite numerous conventions, resolutions and recommendations adopted by international organizations the situation of autochthonous national or linguistic minorities has been deteriorating in many countries of Europe; whereas passive or active state policies, intolerance, economic and social forces as well as globalization all contribute towards an accelerating assimilation process;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas the overwhelming majority of migratory movements towards the European Union are made in a lawful manner, as evidenced by the number of residence permits issued in the European Union, which reached record levels in 2016 and 2017;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas it is against the background of these figures that the so- called migratory crisis – which is above all a crisis of refugee reception and the inadequacy of regular migration channels for nationals of southern Mediterranean countries – must be viewed;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E e (new) Ee. whereas, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in 2017, only 171 635 migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by sea, compared to 363 401 in 2016 and 1 011 712 in 2015; whereas the IOM reported that there were 3 116 deaths in the Mediterranean in 2017; whereas, deplorably, there has been dramatic increase in the number of deaths in the Mediterranean in proportion to the number of crossings, with one person dying or disappearing at sea for every 18 crossings between January and July 2018, compared to one person in 42 during the same period in 2017.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the arrival in Europe of illegal migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F.
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the arrival in Europe of migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017; whereas this reality requires real EU solidarity to put in place adequate reception structures for those most in need and most vulnerable; whereas many migrants place their lives in the hands of smugglers and criminals and are vulnerable to violations of their rights, including violence, abuse and exploitation; whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked and sexually abused at the hands of traffickers and there is therefore a need to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children, in line with the commitments set out in the Valletta Action Plan, as well as the European Parliament Resolution on the protection of children in migration of 3 May 2018;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the arrival in Europe of migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017; whereas this reality requires
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas according to the European Asylum Support Office, 728 470 asylum applications were lodged in the EU in 2017; Whereas this represents a decrease of 44% compared to 2016 and a decrease of 70% in Germany compared to 2016; Sweden continues to be the EU Member State which takes in the greatest number of refugees per head of population;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas grooming, cyberbullying or revenge pornography represent growing concerns for our societies especially among young people;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the report by the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (A/71/384 16-15794 2/25) considers that the over-restrictive migration policies put in place as a result of terrorism concerns are not justified and could, in fact, pose risks for the security of States;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas any security and counter- terrorism policy, especially in the case of the interconnection of data systems, must respect the principles of necessity, proportionality and purpose, and in particular not mix up police and border control activities;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) - having regard to its resolution on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti- Gypsyism; Texts adopted, (2017/2038(INI));
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the FRA has become a centre of excellence in providing
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. Whereas Brexit negotiations are ongoing but already impact directly the lives of millions of European citizens, especially EU nationals’ resident in the UK and UK citizens living in the EU27; whereas safeguarding fundamental rights of people should be as equally important as other aspects in these negotiations;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas around 27% of children in the EU are threatened by poverty or social exclusion; whereas this number is an average, and it can be much higher in certain Member States and among especially vulnerable groups, such as Roma, migrant and refugee children;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. Whereas the UNHCR reported serious human rights violations in its “position on returns to Libya” of September 2018, such as arbitrary detention, abductions, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and men, unlawful killings including summary executions;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation, a threat to democracy and the rule of law and harms all EU Member States and the EU as a whole; whereas the implementation of the anti-corruption legal framework remains uneven among Member States and dissatisfactory overall;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Women’s rights
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Calls on all Member States to introduce adequate minimum income schemes, accompanied by back-to-work support measures for those who can work and education and training programmes adapted to the personal and family situation of the beneficiary, in order to support households with inadequate income and enable them to have a decent standard of living; highlights in this regard that the right to social assistance is a fundamental right and that adequate minimum income schemes help people to live a life in dignity, support their full participation in society and ensure their autonomy across the life cycle; recalls to mind, in this regard, Principle 14, Minimum Income, of the European Pillar of Social Rights adopted on 17 November 2017;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1 Recalls that Article 1, 2 and 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women enshrines equality before the law and prohibits any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Stresses that a political context dominated by austerity holds back development of an approach to social investment by Member States; reasserts the right of Member States to derogate from the budget austerity principle when income support measures are introduced to protect a right guaranteed by the Charter; points out in this regard that recent experience of reforms based on tax exemptions shows that it is preferable to finance minimum income policies using budget support rather than through tax incentives; asks in this regard that investments fostering social inclusion and income support measures be deducted when calculating the deficit under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 c (new) - having regard to the second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II);
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote policies ensuring that social protection systems, including pensions, are sufficient, appropriate, effective and of good quality; calls on Member States to introduce a minimum basic pension, increasing the amount of the pension for those who are under the poverty threshold set by Eurostat at 60 % of average national income, in order to enable all citizens to live a life in dignity fully compliant with the obligations imposed by the Charter;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes with concern that the 2017 FRA paper entitled ‘Challenges to women’s human rights in the EU’ confirms that women and girls experience persistent gender discrimination, sexist hate speech, and gender-based violence in the EU, which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society; whereas the report published in March 2014 by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU- wide survey’ shows that one-third of all women in Europe have experienced physical or sexual acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, 20 % have experienced online harassment, one in twenty have been raped and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes with concern that
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes with concern that the European Disability Forum report entitled “Ending forced sterilisation of women and girls with disabilities” establishes that women with disabilities are still suffering from arbitrary decisions of sterilisation without their knowledge, consent or authorisation;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls in this regard on EU Member States to consider
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls in this regard on EU Member States to consider six main areas of intervention to step up their commitment to
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls in this regard on EU Member States to consider six main areas of intervention to step up their commitment to safeguarding the dignity and rights of women and girls, as suggested in the FRA report: empowering equality bodies to deal with the entire range of issues that impacts on women’s rights, from gender equality to violence against women; improving safety online; promoting gender equality in education and life-long learning more effectively;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reminds that discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 source: 628.588
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